Apanteles raviantenna Chen & Song, 2004

Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua, Chen, Xue-Xin & Gupta, Ankita, 2020, The ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with the descriptions of forty-eight new species, Zootaxa 4807 (1), pp. 1-205 : 145-147

Apanteles raviantenna Chen & Song, 2004

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Apanteles raviantenna Chen & Song, 2004: 79 . Holotype ♀ — Hubei, China [FAFU].

Diagnosis. Body length 2.7 mm, fore wing length 2.7 mm. Body mostly black, hind femur yellow. Posterior tangent to anterior ocellus touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus about as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna slightly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere as long as wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum distinctly smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed basally, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae. Pterostigma 2.8× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.3× longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.4× longer than vein 2-SR, angled at junction. T1 parallel-sided at anterior 2/3, narrowed at apical third, 1.5× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly dull, strongly rugose, longitudinal channel indistinct; T2 shiny with fine wrinkles, 3.6× wider than long in the middle; T3 1.9× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Tongmu, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 1994.VII.16, Xu Zaifu, No. 942941 ; 1♀, Mt. Wuyi , Fu- jian, 1988.IX.7, Lin Changfu, No. 20005675 ; 1♀, Qiliqiao, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 2003.VII.25, Zou Wu, No. 20035448 ; 3♀♀, Tianbaoyan, Yongan , Fujian, 2001.VII.15–18, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20020333, 20020308, 20020323 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 2001.VII.19–20, Piao Meihua, Nos. 200107074, 200107128 ; 2♀♀, Guihe to Baigongao, Mt. Meihua (1100–1400m), Fujian, 1988.VII.23–24, Fan Jinjiang, Nos. 886736, 886476 ; 2♀♀, Guihe to Mawu, Mt. Meihua (1100m), Fujian, 1988.VII.20, Fan Jinjiang, No. 886172 ; 3♀♀, Guihe to Dakeng, Mt. Meihua (1100–1500m), Fujian, 1988.VII.21, ditto, Nos. 886047, 886039, 886026 ; 8♀♀, Shilingou, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve , Guizhou, 2010.VI.9, Tan Jiangli, Nos. 201005504, 201005508, 201005520, 201005539, 201005551, 201005548, 201005545, 201005542 ; 7♀♀, Mt. Jiulong, Huishui , Guizhou, 2010.VI.11, Chai Hongfei, Nos. 201003478, 201003489, 201003493, 201003494, 201003561, 201003838, 201003841 ; 2♀♀, Fangxiangxiang (1000m), Mt. Leigong , Guizhou, 2005.VI.2–3, Zhang Hongying, Nos. 200605648, 200605857 ; 3♀♀, Xiaodanjiang, Mt. Leigong , Guizhou, 2005.VI.4–5, Zhang Hongy- ing, Nos. 200606539, 200606399, 200606224 ; 1♀, Mt. Jigong , Henan, 1997.VII.12, Chen Xuexin, No. 975064 ; 1♀, Shangou, Mt. Huping, Shimen , Hunan, 1987. VI.22, Lei Guangchun, No. 20044442 ; 1♀, Liuyang , Hunan, 1985. V.25, Tong Xinwang, No. 20044680 ; 2♀♀, Dalian , Liaoning, 1992. IX.4–5, Lou Juxian, Nos. 976137, 975877 ; 1♀, Taiqinggong, Laoshan , Shandong, 1995.VIII.4, He Junhua, No. 956026 ; 1♀, Laoshan , Shandong, 1995.VIII.5, Cai Ping, No. 958419 ; 1♀, Mt. Gutian, Kaihua , Zhejiang, 1992.VII.25, Wu Hong, No. 949185 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 2005. VII.2, Shi Min, Nos. 200611634, 200615819 ; 1♀, ditto, 2005.VII.2, Wu Qiong, No. 200616767 ; 1♀, ditto, 2005. VII.3, Chen Xuexin, No. 200616279 ; 1♀, ditto, 2005.VII.3, Zhang Hongying, No. 200616146 ; 3♀♀, ditto, 2005. VIII.8–9, ditto, Nos. 200607104, 200607102, 200607145 ; 7♀♀, ditto, 2005.VIII.8 /11, Shi Min, Nos. 200607531, 200607049, 200607075, 200607047, 200607042, 200607039 ; 1♀, Buyun, Shanghang , Zhejiang, 1988.VII.22–24, Ma Yun, No. 885374 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1983.VI.17, Ma Yun, Nos. 830819, 830610 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1988. VI.17, Zhou Caie, Nos. 830773, 830759 ; 4♀♀, ditto, 1984. VI.25–26, Zhu Xiliang, Nos. 842188, 842189, 842190, 842120 ; 1♀, ditto, 1985.VII.1–3, Liu Fuming, No. 851208 ; 1♀, ditto, 1985.VII.1–3, Wang Hongxiang, No. 851097 ; 1♀, ditto, 1986.VII.20, Xu Weiliang, No. 862883 ; 1♀, Mt. Wutai, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 2008.X.4, Wang Manman, No. 200809436 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Jiulong, Suichang , Zhejiang, 1994.VIII.18, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 944799, 944477 ; 2♀♀, Bais- hanzu, Qingyuan , Zhejiang, 1993.X/XI.3, Wu Hong, Nos. 946451, 945688 ; 1♀, Mt. Longwang, Anji , Zhejiang, 1993.VIII.31, Xu Zaifu, No. 9310105 ; 1♀, Tiantai , Zhejiang, 1958.VI.8, Guang Zhongnan, No. 5854.5 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Zhejiang).

Figures

FIGURE 71. Apanteles raviantenna Chen & Song, 2004. a. habitus, lateral view; b. fore wing; c. hind wing; d. propodeum; e. mesopleuron; f. metasoma, dorsal view; g. head, frontal view; h. head, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 102. 60–76: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 60: A. nixoni Song & Chen, 2002; 61: A. ocellisublimus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 62: A. opacus (Ashmead, 1905); 63: A. oritias Nixon, 1965; 64: A. pachycarinatus Song & Chen, 2002; 65: A. pellucipterus Song & Chen, 2001; 66: A. plureseta Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 67: A. prominens Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 68: A. psenes Nixon, 1965; 69: A. qudra Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 70: A. radocoxa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 71: A. raviantenna Chen & Song, 2004; 72: A. salsala Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 73: A. salutifer Wilkinson, 1931; 74: A. saravus Nixon, 1965; 75: A. sartamus Nixon, 1965; 76: A. scrobiculatus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.